{"id":695656,"date":"2026-05-26T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/695656\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:29:12","slug":"thousands-of-paper-quills-compose-monumental-mosaic-earth-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/695656\/","title":{"rendered":"thousands of paper quills compose monumental mosaic earth artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>72 Voices of Earth is made out of 72 panels covered in paper quills<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>72 Voices of Earth by artist Alina Akhmetbek is a monumental handmade artwork spanning 41.656 sqm and composed of 72 handcrafted panels covered with thousands of individually shaped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/paper\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">paper<\/a> quills. Developed over six years and currently awaiting Guinness World Records recognition, the project transforms the traditional technique of quilling into a large-scale contemporary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">installation<\/a> exploring humanity\u2019s relationship with the planet.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"thousands of hand-rolled paper quills compose monumental mosaic earth artwork - 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/largest-paper-quilling-mosaic-image-of-earth-8-6a12b7c95af08.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>monumental handmade installation composed of 72 panels | all images courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/alina.akhmetbek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alina Akhmetbek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The artwork Concept references Earth\u2019s axial precession cycle<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The work by <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/alina.akhmetbek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kazakhstan-based artist<\/a> Alina Akhmetbek is built around two central concepts: the number 72 and the logarithmic spiral. The project\u2019s title references the astronomical phenomenon of Earth\u2019s axial precession, in which the celestial sphere shifts approximately one degree every 72 years. Through this idea, each panel symbolically represents one \u2018voice\u2019 of the planet, reflecting environmental, social, cultural, and human realities connected to life on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The second concept is based on the logarithmic spiral, a mathematical form frequently found throughout nature in galaxies, hurricanes, shells, plants, and biological systems. Thousands of paper quills are individually shaped and assembled into layered spiral structures, turning repetition and handmade precision into a visual metaphor for natural order, planetary movement, and interconnected existence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"thousands of hand-rolled paper quills compose monumental mosaic earth artwork - 2\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/largest-paper-quilling-mosaic-image-of-earth-3-6a12b7c95ad7a.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>72 panels symbolically represent 72 \u2018voices\u2019 of the planet<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Constructed entirely by hand, the 72 Voices Of Earth project combines traditional craftsmanship with monumental scale, transforming delicate paper material into an immersive visual landscape defined by texture, density, and intricate detail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"thousands of hand-rolled paper quills compose monumental mosaic earth artwork - 3\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/largest-paper-quilling-mosaic-image-of-earth-4-6a12b7c95adc6.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>the monumental artwork is being laid out in Abu Dhabi Plaza<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"thousands of hand-rolled paper quills compose monumental mosaic earth artwork - 4\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/largest-paper-quilling-mosaic-image-of-earth-7-6a12b7c95aebf.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>the large-scale work by Alina Akhmetbek spans over 41,000 sqm<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1191921 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"thousands of hand-rolled paper quills compose monumental mosaic earth artwork - 5\" width=\"818\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/72-voices-of-earth-alina-akhmetbek-monumental-handmade-artwork-paper-quills-designboom-818-2.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the surface is built from thousands of individually shaped paper quills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"72 Voices of Earth is made out of 72 panels covered in paper quills \u00a0 72 Voices of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134,3807,171314],"class_list":["post-695656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-interactive-installation","tag-paper-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}